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Lydia Ann Starr (b. 11 Aug 1827, d. 02 Dec 1903)
Lydia Ann Starr (daughter of William Fletcher Starr and Sarah Lucas) was born 11 Aug 1827 in Warnock, Ohio, and died 02 Dec 1903 in Sherman, TX. She married (1) David Hunter on 03 May 1849 in Van Bueren County, IA. She married (2) Granville McPherson on 18 Dec 1874 in Ft. Washita, Chickasaw Nation, IT, son of Alexander McPherson and Serena Allen Johnson.
Notes for Lydia Ann Starr:
Lydia Starr McPherson, journalist, was born in 1827 in Warnock, Ohio, the daughter of William F. and Sarah (Lucas) Starr. She moved with her family to Iowa at the age of twelve and began teaching school at Ashland, Iowa, when she was seventeen. On May 2, 1849, she married David Hunter and settled with him near Keosauqua, Iowa, where they had five children. After Hunter's death, Lydia moved with her three sons to Oskaloosa, Iowa, and then to Caddo, Indian Territory, in 1874, and married Granville McPherson, owner of the Oklahoma Star. Together they edited the Star, for which she wrote under the pen name Urania, until Granville moved the paper to McAlister in the Indian Territory in 1876. In 1878 he moved to Blanco, Texas, where he died. Lydia remained behind in Caddo and began publication of the Caddo International News, under her own editorial direction, with her sons as printers. The following year she moved her family to Whitesboro, Texas, and established the weekly Whitesboro Democrat, the first newspaper in Texas owned and operated by a woman. In 1879 she and her sons were invited to transfer operation to Sherman, and the new Sherman Democrat, which became a daily in 1881, developed into a profitable and influential paper. Lydia McPherson joined the Texas Press Association in 1881, one of the first three women members, and served as corresponding secretary . She was a delegate to the World's Exposition in New Orleans in 1885, and from 1886 to 1890 she served as postmistress of Sherman. She contributed to Cosmopolitan magazine, the Toledo Blade, Youth's Companion and the Chicago Advance, among others, and wrote poems and novels; her only published volume was Reullura (1892), a collection of poetry. In 1890 she toured the western and Pacific states and sent travel letters to the Sherman Democrat. She died in 1903; her sons owned the Democrat until 1920.
More About Lydia Ann Starr:
Burial Place: 1903, West Hills Cemetery, Sherman, Grayson Co., TX.
More About Lydia Ann Starr and David Hunter:
Marriage: 03 May 1849, Van Bueren County, IA.
More About Lydia Ann Starr and Granville McPherson:
Marriage: 18 Dec 1874, Ft. Washita, Chickasaw Nation, IT.
Marriage Notes for Lydia Ann Starr and Granville McPherson:
Marriage information for W. Granville McPherson and Lydia Ann Starr :
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Frances E. Willard & Mary A. Livermore, eds., American Women
(2 vols., New York: Mast, Crowell, and Kirkpatrick, 1897)
Children of Lydia Ann Starr and David Hunter are:
- Emorelda (Emma) Hunter, b. 1850, d. date unknown.
- John Lucas (Luke) Hunter, b. 1853, d. date unknown.
- Granville Owen (O.G.) Hunter, b. 1857, d. date unknown.
- Edwin Chester (Chet) Hunter, b. 1859, d. date unknown.
- Mary Wright Hunter, b. 1862, d. 1862.
Children of Lydia Ann Starr and Granville McPherson are:
- No Children, d. date unknown.

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